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Bob Rob Medina

Is an educator/artist/author who continually searches for new challenges. He takes inspiration from his travels, interactions with people, and life’s daily dosage of joys and hardships.

Medina earned his Bachelors of Fine Arts degree from the University of Colorado, Boulder in 1992 and completed his Teacher Certification Program in 1995. Bob Rob and his wife Ana have been bona fide expats teaching within the international school circuit since 2009. Additionally, Bob Rob is a prolific artist. He had participated in over 70 group and solo exhibitions worldwide, including those featuring ART21 artists. His last solo exhibit, Where You From?: A Collection of Sights and Sounds From Alexandria, Egypt, drew coverage from National Public Radio. An avid blogger, in 2015 Medina turned his Punker Bob blog into his first highly acclaimed and award winning book: Denvoid and the Cowtown Punks-A Collection of Stories From the 80s Denver Punk Scene. Currently he is finishing up the sequel due to be release in late 2018.

Bob Rob Medina, Cabron 1, 45 x 54 cm, 3000 EGP.

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Bob Rob Medina

Adolescents, 20x27 cm, 1500 EGP.

Becky and Laura, 20x27 cm, 1500 EGP.

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Bob Rob Medina, Matt and Jeff, 20x27 cm, 1500 EGP.

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Bob Rob Medina, Race mixing, 52 x 35 cm, 3000 EGP.

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Hamdy Reda Hamdy Reda is a contemporary Egyptian visual artist and curator. He lives and works in one of the outskirts of Cairo.

Mr Reda’s background as a painter as well as his experiments with photography forms a very solid artistic foundation for his artwork. Mr Reda's work has been exhibited at many venues inside Egypt as well as around the world, and he is a recipient of various artistic awards and recognitions.

He is also interested in the North-South artistic dialogues, and South- South artistic dialogues. This is reflected in his residences and exhibitions in Europe and also in his joint exhibitions with European and local artists. Mr Reda hopes to expand his artistic dialogues to include more collaboration with artists, but also writers, poets, filmmakers, and philosophers.

Hamdy Reda’s feelings as an alienated artist in the Cairo elitist artistic community made him establish artellewa as his artistic refuge. Artellewa is an independently run small art space that provides artistic services to the residents of Ard El-Lewa, which is the local neighborhood of Mr Reda.

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Hamdy Reda, 40X60-Cotton, 100% free acid_Natural pigments, signed copy of 6, 3200 EGP.

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Hamdy Reda, 40X60-Cotton, 100% free acid_Natural pigments, signed copy of 6, 3200 EGP.

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Hamdy Reda, 40X60-Cotton, 100% free acid_Natural pigments, signed copy of 6, Each: 3200 EGP.

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Hanafy Mahmoud BA 1993. - MA in painting at the Faculty of Art Education, (2002) Ekhnaton art gallery, Kareem Francis art gallery, (2002). Rateb Sedeek art gallery, Cairo Atelier, (2004). Ekhnaton art galleries, Zamalek Arts Center, (2005). Kamal Khaliefa gallery, Gezira Arts Center, (2007). The 7th Youth Salon Cairo, (1995,1997,1998,1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004). The Second Salon of Mini Works of Art, (1998). The Fourth Salon of Mini Works of Art, (2000). (The Egyptian Modern Art) Group show at Lapdoga art gallery, Zamalek (2003).

The 28th National Art Exhibition, (2003&2005). “Today Stars” Exhibition, Horizone One Gallery (November 2006). 1st Festival of Fine Creation (General exhibition and 1st Fine Art Fair (2007). 2nd Festival of Fine Creation (31st General exhibition) (2008). Garash International Festival, Jordan, (2000). Frankfort International Book Fair, (2004). The Egyptian Fine art Forum in Venice, (August 2008). 11th International Cairo Biennale, (December 2008). Salon prize for painting, the 9th Youth Salon, (1997). Encouraging prize of Gazebya Serry Contest, Cairo, (1993). Jury prize of the 12th Youth Salon, Cairo, (2000). Salon prize and Oscar (Gold Pyramid) plus merit certificate (shared with artist Hayam Abdel-Baqy), the 16th Youth Salon, (2004) .

57x43 cm, Oil on canvas, 7000 EGP.

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Hanafy Mahmoud

Each: 58x50 cm, Oil and gold leaves on canvas, Each: 7000 EGP.

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Hanafy Mahmoud

Each: 58x50 cm, Oil and gold leaves on canvas, Each: 7000 EGP.

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Hanafy Mahmoud

Each: 16x23 cm, ink on paper, Each: 3000 EGP.

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Hanafy Mahmoud

33x23 cm, ink on paper, 5000 EGP..

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Hanafy Mahmoud

33x23 cm, ink on paper, Each: 5000 EGP.

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Jehan Saleh Born in 1973 in Alexandria, Egypt, Jehan Saleh is an Egyptian artist who lives and works in Bahrain for the past 16 years. She started her journey in Bahrain as an Art teacher in a public school from 2002 till 2005. Later she became an active member of the Bahrain Contemporary Art Society. And for the past 12 years she is working at Albareh Art Gallery (Adliya, Bahrain) as the Gallery’s Coordinator and Business Development Manager .

In 2009 She had her first solo titled ‘’Letter and Color”, in Bahrain Contemporary Art Society, and she participated in a collective exhibition titled “Across the Gulf Exhibition’’ at Brisbane Arc Biennial in Australia and a Collective Itinerary Exhibition with Art Select in Dubai , Amman and Bahrain, She participaited in Sharjah Calligraphy Biennial in UAE in 2008,2010,2012 and 2014, In 2009 she joined the 2nd International Art and Science Festival ,the 6th INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM OF PAINTING in Patras in and the 3 rd. International Art and Science Festival , 7th INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM OF PAINTING in Patras in Greece 2011.

Her secound solo exhibition was in 2011 at Blue Fig art gallery in Porto Heli in Greece.

She participated as a Curator / Participate in a Collective Exhibition " STAMP1 " The First print exhibition for Arab women artists organized by her and Bahrain Contemporary Arts Society.

In 2013 also she participated in a Collective Exhibition titled "Displacement" organized by Albareh art Gallery – Artist Leadership program in Bahrain,and she in Assilah international festival of culture 35th in Morocco,in 2014 she attend the Drypoint Printmaking Workshop With Artist: Mohamad Omar Khalil at Albareh art Gallery in Bahrain and The 8th Riudebitlles Art Biennial Artwork on paper –in Spain, In 2015 she participated in a collective exhibition titled “Mini Art “ at Katara in Qatar.

Her third solo exhibition was in 2016 titled “ Insight “ at Albareh Art Gallery in Bahrain, and her recent participation was in 2017 as a curator and Participate in a Collective Exhibition titled Out of Tim organized by her and Albareh Art Gallery , a Collective Exhibition titled “6 Visions “ at The Bahrain Arts Society in Bahrain in 2018.

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Jehan Saleh

100x133 cm, Mixed Media on canvas, 2016, 2500 USD

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Jehan Saleh

100x133 cm, Mixed Media on canvas, 2016, 2500 USD

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Moataz Nasreldin

Moataz Nasr was born in Alexandria in 1961 and currently lives in Cairo. Having followed an unusual path, Nasr has established himself as one of the most important Egyptian artists of his generation, winning numerous awards, such as the Grand Prize in 2001 at the eighth Cairo Biennial, the prize at the Dakar 2002 Biennial and the Grand Prize at the Sharjah Biennial in 2004. He has taken part in many other international events such as the Venice Biennale in 2003, in Seoul in 2004 and in the same year at Sao Paolo. Within group exhibitions, his work has been shown all over the world, notably at the Pompidou Centre, in Paris in 2005, at the Hayward Gallery in London in 2005, at the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo in 2006, and at the Grand Palais in Paris in 2008. An important solo exhibition is devoted to him in June 2011 at the Château de Blandy in France under the direction of Simon Njami.

In November 2008, Moataz Nasr created Darb 1718, a cultural centre based in Cairo’s old town which aims to widely promote contemporary art in Egypt.

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Moataz Nasreldin

Each: 50x70 cm, mixed media, Each: 4000 Euro

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Mohamed Abla Born in Mansoura, Egypt, in 1953, Mohamed Abla graduated in 1977 from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Alexandria.

Abla studied in Zurich’s Bauhaus Oriental School and traveled extensively in Germany. In the early 80’s, he studied graphics in both Switzerland and Austria. Abla held his first solo exhibition in 1977 in Egypt, and then in 1979 his first solo international exhibition in Germany. His continuous traveling has given him a broad exposure to the international art scene and a chance to study and exhibit in European galleries. He’s also the recipient of many prestigious awards and Biennale Prizes.

Mohamed Abla founded Abla Museum & Fayoum International Art Center in 2006; the idea was inspired by the International Summer Academy in Salzburg, where Abla teaches. The Art Center is a place for artists to meet and get involved in workshops, with an exhibition hall to support and exhibit art work and an Art library. Mohamed Abla has also founded the first Museum of caricature in Egypt.

100x70 cm, ink on paper, 45.000 EGP.

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Mohamed Eltarawy Graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts in 1980.

Awarded honorary doctorate from Tashkent Academy of Art in Uzbekistan. Winner of the first prize of culture in Dubai and the first prize for graphics in art exhibition organized by the Higher Council of Youth in 1979. Took part in exhibitions in Dubai, Kuwait, Yemen, Algeria, Libya, Saudi Arabia, France and the US. Organized 16 solo exhibitions, including Space & Time, She, the Water Scene and Times.

Curator of Youth Salon, the General Art Exhibition, Contemporary Egyptian Art in Uzbekistan and the contemporary Egyptian Art in Amman, Jordan.

Eltarawy’s works are acquired by Modern Art museum in Cairo, Helwan University, Paris based World Trade Center, Alexandria Opera, and Egypt’s Foreign Ministry.

80x80 cm, Oil on canvas, 55.000 EGP. 21

Mohamed Eltarawy

80x80 cm, Oil on canvas, 55.000 EGP.

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Mohamed Taman Mohamed Taman has begun and researched across a period of close to twenty years a process that he self-called Tamanism. Characterized by layers of colour materials which Taman forms and uses by hand, the unconventional process of Tamanism involves many petroleum derivatives and oil oxides and ultimately creates unique works based on unusual and singular chemical reactions.

Using petroleum solvents to agitate the process, heat to provide flexibility, and low temperature to dry, the critical time between heat and cold enables Taman to control and experiment with lines, shapes and diverse liquid colours on the surface of the wooden canvas. The result of the hard-tomaneuver scientific process, during which the chemicals interact fast, is an intended blurry yet evident view that incites a philosophical connotation on social relevant themes and the current sociopolitical conditions and provides an angle that in fact contradicts the initial vision. What appears to be definite from afar, when examined close-up is perfectly multi-dimensional and intricate.

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Born in the city of Tanta (Gharbiya governorate) in 1976, Mohamed Taman graduated with a BFA in 1998 and completed a Master’s degree in Digital Arts at the Faculty of Arts Education, University of Helwan, in 2004. In 2001, he was awarded the Third Prize at the 11th Youth Salon and in 2002, he earned the First Prize at the 12th Youth Salon, both held by the Egyptian Ministry of Culture. In 2008, Taman enrolled at the Université Lumière Lyon in France and in 2009, he went on an Artist in Residency at one of the most important institutions for young art in Switzerland, the Kunst Halle, Sankt Gallen, to work on a site-specific project. Since, he has exhibited in Egypt, Europe and the Gulf.

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Mohamed Taman

122x172 cm, special color combination of mohamed TAMAN on wood, 50.000 EGP. 24

Mohammad AbdElhady

24x34 cm, 2500 EGP.

28x41 cm, 2500 EGP.

24x34 cm, 2500 EGP. 25

Bronz, one edition, 15.000 EGP.

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Bronz, one edition, 15.000 EGP.

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Bronz, one edition, 15.000 EGP.

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Bronz, one edition, 10.000 EGP. 29

Bronz, one edition, 10.000 EGP. 30

Bronz, one edition, 10.000 EGP.

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Bronz, one edition, 10.000 EGP.

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Bronz, one edition, 10.000 EGP.

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Nazli Madkour Born in Cairo, Egypt, in 1949, where she lives and works. She holds a master’s degree in Political Economy from the American University in Cairo. Since 1982, she had over 35 solo shows and took part in numerous collective exhibitions in Egypt and abroad. She has exhibited in Germany, France, Italy, Portugal, UK, Holland, Greece, Lebanon, Sharjah, Qatar, Bahrein, Kuwait, Ecuador, Japan, China, USA, and Canada. Her works were acquired by numerous private and public collections in Egypt and abroad.

Madkour is the author of the book Women and Art in Egypt (in Arabic, 1989 - in English, 1993). She illustrated a deluxe edition of Nobel Laureate Naguib Mahfouz book "Arabian Days and Nights" published by the "Limited Editions Club" in New York in 2005. The book and the originals were first exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery, Washington D.C. (USA) in June 2005; they were then shown in Egypt, Holland, Japan, Italy, Switzerland, Sweden, the UK and Canada.

Madkour was a member of the Plastic Arts Committee of the Supreme Council for Culture from 2002 to 2005, a member of the Jury of Cairo International Biennale 2010, a member of the Jury of Persbook Art Competition for 2011 and 2012 and head of the Jury of Cairo Youth Salon 2012.

Her works fall between abstraction and figuration exploring an inner world inspired from the nature and women of Egypt. Her paintings are earthy, mostly textured and multi layered. Her sources are predominantly local and her aesthetic language universal.

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Nazli Madkour, 50x60 cm, Acrylics on canvas, stuck on cardboard, 23.000 EGP.

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Nazli Madkour, 50x60 cm, Acrylics on canvas, stuck on cardboard, 23.000 EGP.

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Neven Nathan Bachelor of Social Service, Helwan University. Free studies in Sculpture, Faculty of Fine Arts, Zamalek. Working in Social work since 2004 at the Directorate of Social Solidarity.

Participated in local and international exhibitions: “Eve the Dream Exhibition”, Cairo Opera House, Egypt (2018). “Ebdaa Exhibition”, Al-Ahram hall, Cairo, Egypt (2018). “Free start Exhibition”, faculty of Fine Arts, Zamalek, Egypt (2018). Exhibition at Art Gap gallery, Rome Italy (2018).

Bronze, 35000 EGP.

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Neven Nathan, Bronze, 35000 EGP.

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Randa Fakhry Visual artist. Born in Cairo on 1975. Lecturer at the Department of Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, Helwan University. Ph.D. of painting Philosophy (2010). Number of private individual exhibitions, the last of which are “The flowers within ourselves” (2017) & "Triple of the Moon" (2016).

Many participations in group exhibitions in Egypt and abroad, including continuing courses of the state until 2018, the last of which is “The 2017 International symposium of Madinaty” & exhibition of “Downtown Cairo 2017” & “The Dinner Exhibition” (2018).

Awarded of many prizes and acquisitions locally and internationally.

Oil with Decoupage, 130x50 cm, 30.000 EGP.

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Randa Fakhry

Oil with Decoupage, 100x70 cm, 30.000 EGP.

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Randa Fakhry

Oil with Decoupage, 100x70 cm, 30.000 EGP.

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Salah El-Meligy

Printmaker and painter. He is a Professor of Graphic Art at the Faculty of Fine Arts, and the Ex-Head of the Fine Arts Sector at the Egyptian Ministry of Culture. He has been participating in the Egyptian artistic movement since 1978, in addition to representing Egypt in many Symposiums, such as: * Norway Biennale * Sao Paulo Biennale, Brazil * Poland Biennale * Cairo Biennale, the Fifth round * The Egyptian Graphic Art Triennale * Chamalières Biennale, France * Miniature Exhibitions, Spain & Canada * Sarcelles Biennale, for more than one round, the latest was held in 2017 As well as some international workshops held at: * Asila, Morocco 1989 * Madrid, Spain 1991 * Ehden, Lebanon 2009 * Guan Lan, China 2010 * Bahrain 2014 * Luxor Painting Symposium, Egypt 2014 * Al-Burullus Symposium, Egypt 2017 * Madinaty Symposium for Painting & Sculpture, Egypt 2017.

He earned several awards, such as: * The Pioneers Award 1983 * Youth Salon Award 1990 * Miniature Artworks Award International Awards: * Fifth Cairo International Biennale Award 1994 * Graphic Art Triennale Award 1997 * Bronze Award, International Graphic Art Biennale, Serbia and Montenegro 2001 Many of his artworks are acquired inside and outside Egypt by several institutes, museums and art collectors.

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Salah El-Meligy

Each: 50x70 cm, ink on paper, Each: 35.000 EGP.

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Salah El-Meligy

Each: 23x18 cm, ink on paper, eACH: 10.000 EGP. 44

Salah El-Meligy

Each: 23x18 cm, ink on paper, Each: 10.000 EGP. 45

Salah El-Meligy

23x18 cm, ink on paper, 10.000 EGP.

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